Nomads Industry Backpackers Hostel’s interns day out
Hi there!
We are the new interns at the Nomads Industry Backpackers Hostel in Melbourne. We are following a tourism and recreation management course, that’s why we are doing our internship abroad. Normally we live in the east of Holland, but now we are here at Nomads Industry Backpackers Hostel for five months, so it’s a pretty big change.
Thursday the 28th of August we arrived at Melbourne after flying 21hours. It was a long long flight, but we had fun with the entertainment set. The first days we had jetlag, but it’s getting better now. Monday we had an introduction day at Nomads Industry, it went well and we are all very excited.
Tuesday the 2nd of September we went on Bunyip’s Great Ocean Road tour, it was excellent! Touring all day in a mini-bus through the beautiful landscape, ocean view all the time. In Holland it’s very flat, so for us it was like riding through the mountains. Lots of surfers on the water, pretty cool to see them catching the high waves.
The tour guide told a lot about the Great Ocean Road, it’s history and the nature. We also had a walk through the rainforest, the name was picked well it started raining like it was autumn in Holland, but it was very nice though.
After the rainforest we drove down to the twelve apostles, or fifteen or ten everybody says something different. Our guide told us that there were actually fifteen, so there’s no hesitation anymore, the guide is right. There are 15 apostles along the coast. Very impressive to see, it is still a strange idea that, if we come back over about 20 years there won’t be fifteen anymore.
We also took a look at London bridge, it was like two cliffs that were falling apart. After we saw the London bridge that really had fallen down, we hit the road again backwards Melbourne. It was a long trip, but absolutely worth the whole time during it! For us Australia is like divers now, a big city and a beautiful landscape to discover.
We certainly are excited now for doing more tours, next month it’s a good time to go to see some penguins at Phillip island. But first Saturday climbing the Eureka tower (read: taking the elevator) and enjoy the view of Melbourne.
Cheers (yeah we are learning)
Marlou, Anne, Annemiek from Nomads Industry Backpackers Hostel in Melbourne.